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HENRY A.`CHURCH, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BRACELET.

t.SIP:ElCIIICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,133, datedApril l., 1884.

Application iiled January 2, 1884. No model.)

.To @ZZ `whom, it mag/concern- Be it known that I, HENRYA. CHURCH, acitizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, haveinvented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bracelets; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tolettersl or iigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

`My invention relates to` plated box-brace lets and it consists,essentially, of a new and novel device for covering and protecting theseam of the projecting edges of the bracelet by means of apiece of bentstock or hollow wire adapted to embrace and retain the said edges, allas will `be more fully hereinafter set forth. K

In the annexed sheet of drawings, Figure l represents a perspectiveview` of a box-bracelet provided with my invention, and adapted to beopened, as common. Fig. 2 represents, enlarged, a vertical cross-sectionof the same, showing the upper y and Jlower edges of the bracelet, whereunited and forming the seam, as covered with a piece of hollow wire orbent stock. Fig. 3 represents a piece of round wire adapted to cover andprotect said seam. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 represent various forms of wire incross-section adapted to be used therewith.

The object of myinvention is tolconceal and protect the rough andunplated edges of a boxbracelet, whereby the same can be finished andpolished to correspond with the other por tions of the bracelet. To thisend I form the joint or seam at the upper and lower edges, and cover thesame with a piece of` wire or stock, my invention being described asfol- 10WS:`

A, referring to the drawings, represents a box-bracelet completeembodying my invention, consisting of the inner and outer surfaces orplates, a b, of plated stock. These plates are bent or rolled to form inthe bracelet `the upperand lower edges, h, joined at the center 5othereof, and forming the continuous seam h',

the extreme ends y or edges a b of said plates being slightly separated,all as fully shown in y ig. 2.

c represents a piece of bent stock or plated hollow wire, of suitableform in its cross-sec tion, adapted, by means of a longitudinal out, e,to pass endwise over the said joints h and ends a b', for the purpose ofsecurely locking all the parts together. If desired, the joints h may besoldered. The tube, also, is adapted to be further secured` to the saidjoints by solder.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6, at s t o, I have represented other forms of wireadapted to be used herewith. v

I do not restrictmyself to locating the joint h' at the center of theedge, as it may be either side of the center or at the edge of thebracelet.I y

I make no claim to a joint and `catch or clasp, as any well-known devicemay be used with my improved box-bracelet common to this class ofornaments. I

rIhe plates a, and b are formed with their edges h, and then, aftersoldering or clasping the two plates together, the space or chamber wthereof is filled with soft metal, thereby adapting it to be bent to thedesired form, after which the metal filling is run "out, This latterpart, however, is common and not deemed an essential part of thisspecification.

I am aware that it is old to cover or protect the exposed edges of aband or hoop bracelet with tubing or bent stock, and I therefore do notclaim such, broadly. l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The box-bracelet A, herein described, consisting of inner and outerplates, a b, bent to form upper and lower edges, h, adapted to be unitedat h', andfurther consisting of the joint or seam covering c, or itsequivalent, adapted to be secured to said joint, substantially as shownand specified.

2. The box-bracelet herein described, consisting of inner and outerplates,a b, provided with edges h, said plates being secured to getherat h and terminating at a b incombination with a piece of bent stock orhollow wire adapted to cover said ends and joint, all substantially asshown and set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY A. CHURCH.

Witnesses:

` WILLIAM HALKYAED,

WM. R. DUTEMPLE.

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